About Matteo Stefanel

Matteo Stefanel has a successful track record in private equity and investment banking spanning 25 years and focusing specifically on Growth Markets and Financial Services. He is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Apis Partners LLP, which manages Apis Growth Fund I and Apis Growth Fund II – two private equity funds focused on investing in financial services companies in Africa and Asia, as well as a number of smaller investment vehicles focused on Fintech investments more globally. Formerly a partner at The Abraaj Group where he was responsible for a number of Abraaj’s investee companies (10+), including Network International (payments), Saham Finance (insurance), and Jordan Ahli Bank (banking). Matteo Stefanel has been a board director of over 25 companies and completed over 110 transactions in Europe (including CEE), South Asia, the Middle East and Africa, throughout his career at Abraaj, at MIG ($7.4bn AUM) where he was briefly CIO, and at Deutsche Bank as MD and co-Head of Emerging Markets in the Financial Institutions Group. Matteo has twice been a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Financing and Capital (2012-14 and 2014-16). Matteo graduated from Queens College, the University of Oxford, with an MA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He is married, with three children. He serves as a Board Member at DT One. He also served as a Board Member at Q LINK and Star Health. Before joining Abraaj, he was with Marfin Investment Group where he was the Chairman of the Recommending Investment Committee, heading all transaction execution.  He also served as a Board Member at Baobab. Mr. Stefanel serves as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at GHL Systems.